As the South Dakota officials consider a new Level 5 prison facility near Mitchell, many residents are voicing concerns about safety — particularly the fear that it will bring a wave of former inmates ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

In Brazil, an inmates escape attempt went wrong when he got stuck in a prison wall. Firefighters had to drill him out safely after wardens spotted strange movement.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The South Dakota Department of Corrections announced on Saturday that 36-year-old Leo Plenty Arrows had died at the State Penitentiary. Plenty Arrows was found ...

A 29-year-old Lone Tree man who pleaded guilty to child sex exploitation and distributing images of child sexual abuse was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday.

THIS is the moment an inmate’s bid for freedom hits a wall – when he gets wedged in his escape hole. Alan Leandro da Silva, 32, is seen awkwardly stuck in the jail wall as a firefighter drill… ...

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release FILE - R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case, May 8, 2019, in Chicago.

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release FILE - R. Kelly leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case, May 8, 2019, in Chicago.